The "Suloide" is a dive with scattered wreckage spread out approximately 300 plus feet. It is found southeast of buoy 13 and often inhabited by droves of fishermen who detest the sight of a dive boat...oh well! Got to see a little bit of the Suloide this year in May while mating on the Sea Quest II. There was a Bull Shark on her. Me, Ben, Neil and a couple from Oklahoma (The Fitzpatricks) dove her on the weekend of Aug. 5th. Visibility was o.k. and Little Ben enjoyed his first trip to the Suloide. Hopefully I will get him here many more times in the near future!

...The Suloide is at a depth of 68 feet. It is approximately a 300 plus foot wreck that is scattered along the bottom, with two small boilers still in recognizable shape next to a clump of twisted steel that was once the engine. She usually has alot of macro type aquatic life and often a school of jack, an occassional barracuda or 30, and the ole' bull shark make their presence known. The Suloide, a.k.a. the "Maceio", & the "Amassia" was built in 1920 and sunk by a collision with the "Hutton" on March 26, 1943. Twelve months after the "Hutton" was sunk by Johann Mohr, the ore carrying Suloide happened by the exact location of the sunken home of the W.E. Hutton. By this time the U-boat threat was a thing of the past and the danger seemed a million miles away, until the awful grating sound of steel on steel. The forepeak flooded and the No.#1 hold was taking water fast. A distress call went out and the tug P.F. Martin came to her aide. The martin fired up her powerful engines and kicked her into high gear and the Suloide came free, only to head straight for the bottom, due to the fact she was full of water and manganese ore. The U-124 had gotten another ship, this time without firing a shot! The evidence of her leveling by the Coast gaurd vessel Vigilant can be seen on the pictures I have taken below. She is still a great dive and artifacts are still there for divers who are willing to put forth a little extra effort in searching the wreck!

Photos taken by Diverlars!

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